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<h1>Botuliform</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bot"u*li*form`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>botulus</ets> sausage + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the shape of a sausage.</def>

<i>Henslow.</i>

<h1>Bouche</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bouche</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Bush</er>, a lining.</def>

<h1>Bouche</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bouche</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Bush</er>, to line.</def>

<h1>Bouche, Bouch</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw><hw>Bouche</hw>, <hw>Bouch</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bouche</ets> mouth, victuals.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A mouth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bouch\'82es</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bou`ch\'82es"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[F., morsels, mouthfuls, fr. <ets>bouche</ets> mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>Small patties.</def>

<h1>Boud</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Boud</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Tusser.</i>

<nw<Bou*doir"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>bouder</ets> to pout, be sulky.]</ety> <def>A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room.</def>

<i>Cowper.<tt>au>

<h1>Bouffe</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bouffe</hw> <tt>(?)<tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., buffoon.]</ety> <def>Comic opera. See <er>Opera Bouffe</er>.</def>

<h1>Bougainvill\'91a</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bou`gain*vil*l\'91`a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named from <ets>Bougainville</ets>, the French navigator.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginace\'91, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts.</def>

<h1>Bouge</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bouge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bouged</er> <tt>(#)</tt>]</wordforms> <ety>[Variant of <ets>bulge</ets>. Cf. <er>Bowge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To swell out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bilge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Their ship <i>bouged</i>."

<i>Hakluyt.</i>

<h1>Bouge</h1> <Xpage=170>

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